Thursday, December 31, 2015

This is a really hard post to write, I would like to start by thanking everyone single one of you whom supported Smeared Ink, Smudgy Antics and Smeared and Smudged over the past 7 years. Personally it has been an amazing journey filled with some of the most amazing people I could ever wish to meet and work with. I am sure you will all join me in thanking Terra and Tori for providing us with such wonderful art to work with and for being such an inspiration, we wish you both nothing but happiness in this next chapter of your lives and will always consider you to be family. As you know tomorrow the Smeared Ink store will shut and along with it will go the name of Smeared and Smudged, however the facebook group will remain just with a new name of 'Family of Macabre Stampers' and with Black Dragon and myself at the reins. Please just give us a couple of days to get things in order as we are both away from home for a couple of days but I promise we will have some fun things in store for you. So now onto our winner for Decembers Challenge, thank you to everyone who took the time to participate. Our top 3 as chosen by the DT are, in no particular order:

PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE LINKING UP YOUR PROJECT...
We are the place to show off your 'ALTERNATIVE' side...
NO CUTE.... NO MAINSTREAM....
There are 100's of challenges for those projects...
PLEASE DON'T SHARE THEM HERE!

We have a RANDOM WINNER every month who shall receive a

SMEARED INK digi image and a real rubber SMEARED INK stamp...

plus there will be a TOP 3 that will be voted for by the DT.

DECEMBER 2015 '' ANYTHING GOES...WITH AN OPTIONAL TWIST''

If your mojo has gone AWOL the twist may give you a little extra inspirationThe TWIST this month isCreepmas

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Many thanks to WENDY LYNN
who created the only two entries in our challenge last month.
Please email SHELL happycraftershell@gmail.comWith having so few entries we have decided to close down this challenge blog and disband the SMEARED INK DT....for the time being at least.So we hope you'll join us one last time....lets make it the CREEPIEST OF CREEPMAS MONTHS....so as usual our challenge isANYTHING GOES....

Think outside of the box, bring your best game and join us this month.
We'll still have a TOP 3 voted for by the DT and a RANDOM WINNER
You have until midnight on DECEMBER 28th to enter this months challenge...
please remember your project MUST FEATURE A SMEARED INK DIGI IMAGE OR REAL RUBBER STAMP.
Our DIGI PRIZE THIS MONTH is....

Daily Fix

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Please add your project to the linkz below.
In the interest of fairplay, please NO back linking.
Thank you.

PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE LINKING UP YOUR PROJECT...
We are the place to show off your 'ALTERNATIVE' side...
NO CUTE.... NO MAINSTREAM....
There are 100's of challenges for those projects...
PLEASE DON'T SHARE THEM HERE!

We have a RANDOM WINNER every month who shall receive a

SMEARED INK digi image and a real rubber SMEARED INK stamp...

plus there will be a TOP 3 that will be voted for by the DT.

NOVEMBER 2015 '' ANYTHING GOES...WITH AN OPTIONAL TWIST''

If your mojo has gone AWOL the twist may give you a little extra inspiration
The TWIST this month is'' Metal Madness'

Think outside of the box, bring your best game and join us this month.
We'll still have a TOP 3 voted for by the DT and a RANDOM WINNER
You have until midnight on NOVEMBER 27th to enter this months challenge...
please remember your project MUST FEATURE A SMEARED INK DIGI IMAGE OR REAL RUBBER STAMP.
Our DIGI PRIZE THIS MONTH is....

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Please add your project to the linkz below.
In the interest of fairplay, please NO back linking.
Thank you.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

you can now buy SMEARED INK digi images...also
rubber stamps are available again from the brand newSMEARED INK SHOP.
As its OCTOBER...
A very special month for SMEARED INK and the SMEARED AND SMUDGED FORUM...
with hosting THE 31 DAYS OF HALLOWE'EN BLOG HOP,SMEARED INK have a real treat for you...
Go treat yourself to some of the wicked new images available along with all the 'old' favourites.

Today we have some more inspiration from our very talented DT, if you wish to join in with our anything goes challenge please clickHERETO BE TAKEN TO THE MAIN POST

PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE LINKING UP YOUR PROJECT...
We are the place to show off your 'ALTERNATIVE' side...
NO CUTE.... NO MAINSTREAM....
There are 100's of challenges for those projects...
PLEASE DON'T SHARE THEM HERE!

We have a RANDOM WINNER every month who shall receive a

SMEARED INK digi image and a real rubber SMEARED INK stamp...

plus there will be a TOP 3 that will be voted for by the DT.

OCTOBER 2015 '' ANYTHING GOES...WITH AN OPTIONAL TWIST''
If your mojo has gone AWOL or is still on its summer hols the twist may give you a little extra inspiration
The TWIST this month is'' GHOSTS AND GHOULS''

Many thanks to those who entered our challenge last month
our TOP 3 are
IKE
TITBESOEUR
SUSAN K

and OUR RANDOM WINNER IS
IKE

Please email blackdragonscrafts@googlemail.com
COULD LAST MONTHS WINNER and the NEW RELEASE HOP WINNER
PLEASE EMAIL THE ABOVE ADDRESS TOO....
i made a mistake in the email addy on the last post...SORRY.... although I have now rectified it.

As SMEARED INK has now returned,
to enter the SMUDGY ANTIC CHALLENGES you must use a SMEARED INK IMAGE.....
either digi or real rubber.... IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

Think outside of the box, bring your best game and join us this month.
We'll still have a TOP 3 voted for by the DT and a RANDOM WINNER
You have until midnight on OCTOBER 28th to enter this months challenge...
please remember your project MUST FEATURE A SMEARED INK DIGI IMAGE OR REAL RUBBER STAMP.
Our DIGI PRIZE THIS MONTH is....
.

Please add your project to the linkz below.
In the interest of fairplay, please NO back linking.
Thank you.

PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE LINKING UP YOUR PROJECT...
We are the place to show off your 'ALTERNATIVE' side...
NO CUTE.... NO MAINSTREAM....
There are 100's of challenges for those projects...
PLEASE DON'T SHARE THEM HERE!

We have a RANDOM WINNER every month who shall receive a

SMEARED INK digi image and a real rubber SMEARED INK stamp...

plus there will be a TOP 3 that will be voted for by the DT.

SEPTEMBER 2015 '' ANYTHING GOES...WITH AN OPTIONAL TWIST''
If your mojo has gone AWOL or is still on its summer hols the twist may give you a little extra inspiration
The TWIST this month is'' FEELIN' A LIL' GRUMPIE''

Many thanks to all who entered our challenge last month and have stayed with us,
the SMEARED INK DT at SMUDGY ANTICS.
As SMEARED INK has now returned, to enter the SMUDGY ANTIC CHALLENGES you must use a SMEARED INK IMAGE.....either digi or real rubber.... IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

To celebrate the re-launch of SMEARED INK
we, the DT are having a blog hop starting today and ending 14th SEPTEMBER...
All you have to do is visit every DT members blog and leave a comment on their SMUDGY ANTICS DT project....
everyone who does that will be in with a chance of winning
4x DIGI IMAGES of their choice from the new smeared ink shop...
AND
....4x REAL RUBBER STAMPS
(These will be a surprize.... but the amazing quality is guarenteed!)

Our challenge this month is as always

ANYTHING GOES....with a TWIST OF 'FEELING A LITTLE GRUMPY' if your mojo needs a little prod!

Think outside of the box, bring your best game and join us this month.
We'll still have a TOP 3 voted for by the DT and a RANDOM WINNER
You have until midnight on SEPT 27th to enter this months challenge...
please remember your project MUST FEATURE A SMEARED INK DIGI IMAGE OR REAL RUBBER STAMP.
Our DIGI PRIZE THIS MONTH is....
A brand new image from the SMEARED INK SHOP.

Please add your project to the linkz below.
In the interest of fairplay, please NO back linking.
Thank you.

Smudgy Antics Challenges

Our fabulous Smeared Ink DT

*To participate, you must make a NEW project that features at least 1 STAMPED or DIGI IMAGE... FROM SMEARED INK ,add it to the post using the Inlinkz linky. Any other supplies and images may be used. Your link MUST take us directly to your project on a PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE blog or website, or it will be disqualified - so please make sure you're linking to your actual post. It must be linked by midnight Pacific Time on the scheduled end date, which will be three days before the end of the month. You must use a new project; back-linking is NOT allowed.

*Your project can be anything (card, scrapbook page, mixed media, altered or 3-D item, etc) as long as it is handmade and stamped somewhere with at least 1 rubber or digital stamp....from SMEARED INK . We have taken into consideration our digital artist fans and will be allowing all-digi projects. Please note that while collage sheet images can be used in your project, the collage image does NOT count as a stamped image. You still need to use a rubber or digital stamp somewhere on your project. Feel free to think outside the box and have fun with your project! We are all about looking at things differently and look forward to the variety of projects and mediums we are sure to see.

*You can only enter the challenge and qualify for a prize if you are, or become, a follower of the Smudgy Antics blog. Also, you must mention Smudgy Antics in your blog post and provide a link to our blog. This helps others to find us so they may play along as well.

*Multiple projects are allowed as long as each project follows the rules. Each project must be linked individually into the Inlinkz linky tool and must link to it's own individual blog post in order to be considered as separate entries. (Multiple projects in one blog post will be considered as 1 entry).

*The winner will be chosen by RANDOM DRAW and will be revealed on the last day of the month. The winner will get BOTH the prize and a winner's blog button to display on their blog. A TOP 3 will be voted for by the DT and shall get a WINNERS BLOG BUTTON... Only the best projects will win TOP 3 so bring your A-game!